Today is Friday, April 6th, 2012; Karen's Korner #2290
A couple more comments by Billy Graham from a small, brief publication titled "VICTORY Preparing for Resurrection Sunday":
GOOD FRIDAY
Read: I Corinthians 15:44 - 49
"Good Friday celebrates the day our Lord died for our sins on the cross. I have often sat by the hour and tried to imagine the agony and suffering He went through because of our sins. At one point He said from the cross, 'It is finished' (John 19:30). He meant that God had accepted His work on the cross as the penalty for our sins. Christ's death on our behalf is the reason God can forgive us and still be just. And His death teaches us the depth and breadth that there should be in our forgiveness of one another. While that holy Friday was tremendous, it was only a prelude to Sunday morning when He was raised from the dead. Godly women had come to see His tomb, but angels made the glorious announcement. 'He is risen!' (Luke 24:6). His resurrection guaranteed that we, too, will be raised, if we are believers and obeyers of His Word."
"As you celebrate the truth that Jesus came from Heaven to redeem you,
are you reflecting His likeness to those around you?"
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SATURDAY
Read: I Corinthians 15:50 - 54
"From Genesis to Revelation, we are warned that 'it is later than you think'. Paul writes to Christians in Romans 13:11-12: 'The hour has already come for you to wake up from your slumber, because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. The night is nearly over; the day is almost here. So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.'
"There are millions of people around the world who do not have peace at this moment because they have never found the secret of peace. Some of them may have riches today as a result of greed and covetousness; but their souls are lean, their hearts are cold toward God, their consciences are dulled, and their minds are blinded. They need to know that there is a God of marvelous love who sent His Son Jesus Christ to this world. And as a demonstration of His mercy, Christ---who is the Prince of Peace----went to the cross to make a way for peace between God and mankind.
"Are you living in the reality of Jesus' victory over death?
In what tangible ways can you share that victory
with others so that they, too, can have life?"
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